Did RD Burman Leave JUST Rs 5 For Wife Asha Bhosle? Here's What Singing Legend Said
Times Now January 04, 2025 12:39 PM

Music director RD Burman breathed his last in 1994. He married the legendary singer Asha Bhosle in 1980. On his death anniversary on January 4, let's take a trip down memory lane and recall an incident about Burman and Bhosle.

Here's what Asha Bhosle said about reports of RD Burman leaving Rs 5 for herAfter RD Burman's death, reports of him leaving only Rs 5 for his wife Asha Bhosle in his bank locker went viral. However, as per a report by India Today, Asha dismissed the reports and told journalists, "It's a joke."Burman and Bhosle, who tied the knot in 1980, parted ways during the last few years of their marriage. ALSO READ: Earlier, in an interview with DNA, Asha recalled her first meeting with Burman and said, "The boy asked me for my autograph, said he’d heard my Marathi natya sangeet on the radio." She added, "He’d dropped out of college in Kolkata. I told him he should have completed his graduation. He sulked with me for the rest of the recording." In an interview with Quint, Asha revealed how RD proposed to her, saying, "Yeh mere peechhe pade thhe, 'Asha tumhara sur bahut achha hai, main tumhari awaaz par fida hoon.' Finally, kya karti? Ok, kar diya (He was after me, 'Asha, you have a good sense of tune, I'm smitten by your voice.' Finally, what could I do? I said okay)." The singer once affectionately called RD 'Pagal' and told India Today, "Pagal tha woh (He was mad). He was that kind of person who would not care about diamonds and call those just stones but would call records priceless. He made songs that were half a decade ahead of their times."
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